Food Smokers and Smoking Tips/Tricks/Techniques

how big will it do?

 

10x15 is pushing it.

 

Holy cow! I just looked that thing up.. that's some serious vacuum compared to my cheap ol seal a meal LOL

 

Dude if that ain’t your wife telling you to build a new garage to hold a pit so large it wouldn’t fit in the old one then I’m not sure what is.

 

I do a lot of steaks and sausages and snack sticks. I have this one now:

https://www.cabelas.ca/product/72240/cabelas-15-commercial-grade-vacuum-sealer

ignore the Canada site... only shows on theirs


I've been eyeing chamber vacs for awhile but can't ever pull the trigger.

 

Hey guys, my wife's parents got me an electric smoker for christmas and I have been smoking some amazing meats. I've done a few whole chickens, some pork loin and brisket so far. The smoker is masterbuilt and there's only an analog thermometer. Is there a way i can do some kind of probe that can stay in the meat the whole time and run up through the exhaust hole in the back so i can stick it on top of the smoker to monitor meat temp instead of opening the door and checking that way? Sorry I'm new to all of this. Thanks!

Justin

 

That's one way to read into it

 

That's exactly what you can do! or just close the wires in the door jam. But a secondary probe for temp monitoring is always a good place to start.

I've used this one for many years and like it:

Maverick ET-733 Long Range Wireless Dual Probe BBQ Smoker Meat Thermometer Set

https://www.amazon.com/Maverick-Range-Wireless-Smoker-Thermometer/dp/B00FOCR4UI


Thermoworks will pop up too as a great option as well.

Welcome to the addiction.

 

Downfall on them they are big, bulky an heavy. Need them on a roll around cart

 

how about this one?
https://www.webstaurantstore.com/ar...chine-with-two-17-seal-bars/120VMASVP321.html

 

I really do bulk stuff once or twice a year is where I would use it. my other one would be for all the odd jobs as it's more portable. But, there are always better things I can save for too... like a trailer pit...

 

I picked up this handy

$27 ThermoPro TP17 Dual Probe Digital Cooking Meat Thermometer Large LCD Backlight Food Grill Thermometer with Timer Mode for Smoker Kitchen Oven BBQ, Silver

thermometer probe on Amazon for under $25. The nice thing about this one is that it has a magnet that will stick to the side of your smoker and the wires fit between the door. You can also get fancier but I'm a simple man... well a cheap man and didn't want to pay another 10 or 20 dollars for blutooth.

 

Ahh that's what I need. So one probe is for meat temp and the other is for internal smoker temp right? Now if my smoker had an external access to change the chips then i'd be set!

 

I'm ok without bluetooth as when i'm smoking, I'm normally outside doing stuff anyway. although bluetooth is nice. Thank you guys!

 

I’m not real fond of BT for them, ranges tend to be flakey. I’ve got a ThermoPro, it’s the one listed in the products below, got it Prime Days for a good deal. Works great and I can tell the temps in the house while I’m prepping other things and doing other stuff.

 

can set up probes for whatever. both meat, both pit. One Pit and one meat is how I ran em.

Lots of options on brands and people will post up sales on the Thermoworks ones every now and then in here too.

 

Most of them you can use both probes for meat or smoker temp. You just set it to the right mode.

 

ok awesome. yeah the last time I smoked, i had a chicken and pork loin on so it would be nice to keep control of two different meats at the same time.

My next thing to do is jerky and sticks so I'm reading back through some previous pages for info on those. I just found this discussion after being on 2nd Gen owners for quite some time. More reason to keep my sidetracked from doing work!

 

I have a MES smoke as well.
I use this thermometer and fish the 2 probes through the top vent. One is for the air temp and the second for the meat.

Riida TM08 Wireless Meat Thermometer, Remote Cooking Food Barbecue Digital Grill Thermometer with Dual Probes for Oven Smoker Grill BBQ Thermometer Kitchen Tools(300 Feet)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078RKSXMG/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o09__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

that one's nice. and cool with a case. Looks like i'll be ordering on Amazon pretty soon! i've been looking around and have looked at the ones you all have posted on here. My dad went out and bought the same smoker I got and he loves his too. I just sent him some links so he'll be getting a thermometer too lol